World-first law banning fossil fuel ads survives Dutch legal challenge
https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/world-first-law-banning-fossil-fuel-ads-survives-dutch-legal-challenge/

ClientEarth lawyer Jonathan White said:

“By introducing and successfully defending their high-carbon ad ban, The Hague has taken a bold step in the right direction when it comes to climate action.

“As we saw decades ago with tobacco products, banning the advertising of a harmful product is a critical step in reducing its use.

“Just like the tobacco ban, fossil fuel advertising restrictions comply with EU law – as it is clearly in the public interest for cities and states to address the climate crisis.

“Cities the world over would be wise to follow The Hague’s lead and introduce a similar law to help usher in an era of depleting dependence on fossil fuels – and feel confident with the wind of this judgment behind them.” #climate #greenwashing #fossiladban #netherlands

NDP MP Charlie Angus discusses his bill on fossil fuel advertising – February 6, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltxPxZrcO3w

https://www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-mp-charlie-angus-takes-big-oils-misleading-advertising-liberals-give-them-free-ride

https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/bill/C-372/first-reading

#cdnpoli #advertising #greenwashing #fossiladban

Good news for CommsDeclare. #MerribekCouncil to impose a #FossilFuel Advertising Ban on Council Land. Also a Sports grounds surfaces policy for governance of #syntheticturf adopted, and #Extremeheat measures revised as Council has a Duty of Care.

#MerribekCouncil #FossilAdBan #ClimateDiary #ClimateCrisis
#ClimateAction

https://climateactionmerribek.org/2023/11/09/merri-bek-council-fossil-fuel-advertising-ban-approved-extreme-heat-measures-considered-sports-ground-surfaces-policy-approved/

I've been collating a list of fossil fuel sponsorships in Australia for a year now and you'd think I'd have got used to it.

But I still get the same feeling of disappointment and frustration when I come across a nice organisation, whose work I otherwise admire, promoting climate criminals.

#FossilAdBan #FossilFuelSponsorship

I showed someone my list of more than 500 Australian fossil fuel sponsorships today and they were dispirited by the length of the list, which wasn't my intention.

I don't feel that way for the following reasons:

1. The list is long but the vast majority of organisations don't have fossil fuel sponsors. Eg there is one children's literature festival sponsored by fossil fuels - and many others that aren't, showing that it can be done.

2. There's significant momentum with major fossil fuel sponsorships being rejected, for example The Perth Festival, Cricket Australia, the Science Experience, Questacon. When controversy over these individual sponsorships are publicized the general arguments against fossil fuel sponsorship also become more widely known and understood.

3. Tobacco sponsorship was just as ubiquitous and seemingly necessary to sports and cultural groups. But we all learned to live without it.

Fossil fuel companies would like us to believe they support everything we love, but they don't. They cherry pick a few events/organisations/regions to support and then exaggerate their contribution. We can have nice things without them.

#FossilFuelSponsorships #FossilAdBan #TobaccoBan #FossilFuels

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16SSOx_z6mGOwbLwhOgJ0AbPyKMGFSW5_kUMmClfSA1s/edit?usp=sharing

Hooray?! My Chumps list has reached 500 rows. That is 500 sponsorships by fossil companies for community / sport / arts/ environment organisations in Australia.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16SSOx_z6mGOwbLwhOgJ0AbPyKMGFSW5_kUMmClfSA1s/edit?usp=sharing

It's a lot, but actually, most organisations DON'T receive money from fossil fuel companies.
Unfortunately those that do provide an opportunity for the fossil fuel industry to tell everyone how great and essential they are (they are neither).

I look forward to this list getting shorter one day!

#FossilAdBan #FossilFuelSponsorships #ClimateAction #GreenWashing #ArtsWashing #SportsWashing

Sunday night - what a great time to go through the New Hope Group's Sustainability Report and get furious.

The Bengalla Mining Company is part of the New Hope Group and mines thermal coal...this has to stop. But they don't wanna, so part of their strategy to keep operating is handing cash to community groups and then taking credit for nice things.

Bengalla coal mine sponsors a Blueheeler Film Festival. The company gets to have a representative on the film judging panel. And get thanked profusely as if there could be no blueheelers and/or film festivals about blueheelers without them.

I've become sadly accustomed to #SportsWashing #ArtsWashing and #GreenWashing generally, but this #BlueyWashing is the limit.

#FossilAdBan #FossilFreeSponsorsip #Bluey #BlueHeelers #UpperHunter